Superstorm Sandy: then and now

On October 29, 2012, Sandy, a freak storm that downgraded from a hurricane hit the East Coast. Here's a before and after look:

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Cars sit parked on the street on October 19, 2013 in the Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012 near Brigantine, New Jersey and affected 24 states from Florida to Maine and cost the country an estimated $65 billion.

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Cars sit parked on the street on October 19, 2013 in the Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012 near Brigantine, New Jersey and affected 24 states from Florida to Maine and cost the country an estimated $65 billion.